honors

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Bess Wohl's play "Liberation," a look at second-wave feminism, and musical "Schmigadoon!" earned the top prizes on Sunday at the 79th Tony Awards, the highest honors in American theater.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

It won the Bancroft Prize, one of the history profession’s highest honors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The dinosaur's name honors the traditions of the Aonikenk people, the southernmost group of the Indigenous Tehuelche peoples of Patagonia.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

He felt he’d been overlooked for such honors by American colleges.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

He told me I was good enough to write an honors project—something I had never considered.

From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom